Advertising apparatus



Mw 32, E936. H, c. CRUM ADVERTISING APPARATUS 2 Sheets Filed, March 5, 1935 -Sheet l @En mm@ 25ML Inventor May l2, E936.. H. c. CRUM 2,040,363

ADVERTISING APPARATUS Filed March 5, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2I Inventm Patented May 12, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE 1 Claim.

The present invention has reference to an advertising apparatus and particularly to an advertising apparatus for portraying a figure which appears to point to various advertisements on a panel or the like.

Another important object of the invention resides in the provision of an apparatus of this nature which is simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture, strong and durable, thoroughly eflicient and reliable in use and operation and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

A still further very important object of the invention resides in the provision of an apparatus of this nature comprising a panel with an arm on one side of the panel and another arm on the other side of the panel and means operatively connecting the arms whereby the actuation of one will cause the desired designation of the other.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a panel embodying the features of my invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary rear elevation there- Figure 3 is a fragmentary top plan view showing a portion of the panel and the mechanism associated therewith.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the designating arm and the actuated arm associated therewith.

Referring to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that the numeral 5 denotes a panel on which suitable indicia may be provided on the front side thereof. A shaft 6 is journaled through the panel 5 and on the front side thereof is provided with an arm 'l and on the rear side thereof is provided with a rod 8 extending in substantial parallelism with the arm 1. In the present exempliication of the invention, the arm 'I represents one arm of the figure 9.

Numeral I0 denotes a pulley or wheel of the groove type having an eccentric pin II mounted thereon for engagement with the rod 8 so that as the wheel or pulley I0 rotates the rod 8 will be oscillated thereby oscillating the arm 1 so as to point to various indicia on the panel or member 5 5. The wheel or pulley I0 is rotatably mounted as at I4 on the panel 5 and is actuated by an endless member |5 from a pulley I6 which in turn is actuated by an electric motor I1. A spring mechanism may be used instead of motor l1. 10

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantages of this invention will now be clearly understood by those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention has 15 been described in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplication since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description. 20

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of 25 its advantages.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

An advertising device of the class described, 0 comprising a vertically arranged 'board having advertising matter on its front face and the picture of a man on said face standing to one side of the advertising matter, a substantially L- shaped rod including a long arm and a short arm, the short arm passing through the board and emerging at theshoulder portion of the picture, a member representing the arm of the figure and having one end connected to the front end of the short arm of the rod, the long arm of the rod 40 extending parallel and spaced from the rear face of the board and substantially paralleling the arm of the ligure, a pulley supported for rotary movement from the rear face of the board and having an eccentric pin thereon for engaging the 45 long arm of the rod for raising and lowering the same and the arm of the figure, and means for rotating the pulley.

HENRY CECIL CRUM. 

